Second, of course the environmental movement is largely bogus and a left wing attack on capitalism. BUT there is a need for legitimate protection of the environment. In making fun of the environmentalists many commentators imply there can be no manmade damage to the environment, and that all environmental regulations are unecessary. That is ridiculous. As good conservatives, we all loved recounting how the communist countries devastated their environments because they didn't give a damn about their people.
There are very real poisons like heavy metals and soot belched into the soil and air by industry and I for one don't want to breathe or ingest them. Astronauts for decades have been commenting on the fragility of the earth as seen from space and I think they've got a pretty good vantage point from which to make that observation.
Now THIS is what I'm really complaining about... This statement indicts "industry" and convicts the industrial element as the bad people that cannot do what they do without hurting everyone and you, Williams, by gum, you're gonna place yourself firmly on the very pinacle of EnvironMental JUSTICE!!!
So you can NEVER be impugned like you are impugning the industrious perpetrators of pollution for the evil curse of profit!!!